Apparatus for handling and operating on material



Y 19 44.. J. SINKOVITZ 2,353,196

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND OPERATING ON MATERIALS Filed Aug. 12, 1941 5Sheets-Sheet l I I I I I I I I l w N INVENTOR Joseph Jimm /f2 July 11,1944. J. SINKOVSTZ 2,353,196

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND OPERATING ON MATERIALS Filed Aug. 12 1941 3Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Joseph Sinker/f2 J. SINKOVITZ July 11, 1944..

I APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND OPERATING ON MATERIALS Filed Aug. 12, 19413 Sheets-Sheet 5 iNVENTOR 2:7? Sl/m ol ifz Patented July 11, 1944APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND OPERAT- ING ON MATERIAL Joseph Sinkovitz,Pittsburgh, Pa., assignor to Miller Printing Machinery 00., Pittsburgh,Pa... a corporation of Pennsylvania Application August 12, 1941, SerialNo. 406,503

27 Claims.

pecial utility and solves long existing problems in printing or likeapparatus, as will presently appear.

Printing apparatus commonly employs a printtingv couple or presstogether with a feeder for feeding sheets to the'press and a deliveryfor delivering the printed sheets from the press. It is customary tomake th feeder and delivery movable to inoperative positions relativelyto the press when the apparatus is not in use to facilitate work onparts which are relatively inaccessible when the portions of theapparatus are assembled in operative position. What will be said belowapplies to both the feeder and the delivery but for illustrativepurposes the delivery will be considered as an example and the specificdescription will be directed particularly to application of theinvention to a delivery.

It is desirable to be able to remove and replace the delivery pilesupport either from the side of the delivery or from the end thereof.With deliveries 'pivotally connected with the press by a vertical pivotat the corner of the press it has beenpossible to provide for removingthe pile support from the side of the delivery or from the end of thedelivery. However, this has not been the case with deliveries of theso-called roll.- away type which are bodily separatable from and movabletoward'and away from the press. Deliveriesof this type arev ordinarilysupported and guided for movement relatively to the press upon rails ortracks extending out from the press and mounted upon the press roomfloor. It is of course important that the delivery move into propercooperative relationship with respect to the press when the press is tobe operated so that the parts of the press and delivery will. functioncooperatively in the intended manner. By the use of rails or similarelongated guiding and supporting means projecting upwardly from thepress room floor this result has been accomplished.

However, the provision of such rails or similar means at both sides ofthe delivery has interfered with removal of the pile support from theside of'the delivery and in such deliveries the pile support has beenremoved from th end. The

pile support with the pile of sheets thereon is heavy, its weightsometimes running well into the thousands of pounds, and the loaded pilesupport is preferably removed from the delivery by a lift truck orsimilar device which is rolled under the pile support when at th bottomof its vertical path of movement in the delivery. Any means projectingupwardly from the press room floor at the sides of the deliveryinterferes with thus removing the pile support. On the other hand, theproper registry of the delivery to the press is important and this hasbeen accomplished by the use of elongated guiding and supporting meansextending out from the press as above explained. The result has beenthat in deliveries of the type in question it has been necessary toremove the loaded pile support from the end of the delivery, which hasin many cases entailed great inconvenience since it is frequentlypreferable due to press room arrangement and for other reasons to removethe loaded pile support from the side of the delivery.

I have devised apparatus obviating all of the disadvantages abovementioned. I provide for removing and replacing the pile support fromthe side of a rollaway delivery while at the same time insuring properguiding and supporting of the delivery in its movements relatively tothe press and proper registry of the delivery to the press When inoperative position relatively thereto. I preferably provide guiding andsupporting means interposed between the delivery and the press roomfloor enabling free lateral access to the pile support from one side ofthe delivery. I prefer to employ one guide rail or track extending outfrom th press and underlying the delivery adjacent one side thereof. Ipreferably support the opposite side of the delivery by means engagingthe press room floor and offset longitudinally from the pile support.This means that the delivery may be supported and guided upon a rail atone side and upon the floor at the other side. Howover, due toirregularities in the floor the second mentioned side of thedelivery isnot guided with the accuracy required to insure proper registry of thedelivery to the press when the delivery is moved into operative positionrelatively to the press. Consequently I provide additional means forinsuring proper registry of the delivery to the press, such meanspreferably being disposed at the side of the delivery which is supporteddirectly upon the floor and becoming operative to insure properelevation of that side of the delivery as the delivery moves intooperative position relatively to the press. I provide for verticaladjustment at the side of th delivery sup.- ported upon the floor sothat the delivery may be level.

Other details, objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent as the following description of a present preferred embodimentthereof proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a present preferred embodimentof the invention, in which Figure l is a fragmentary side elevationalview of a sheet delivery shown in operative position relatively to apress;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the delivery moved outaway from the press to inoperative position;

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the delivery as seen from theleft in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a detail fragmentar side elevational View to enlarged scaleof a portion of the apparatus as shown in Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a detail fragmentary horizontal cross-sectional view of thestructure shown in Figure 4 and taken on the line V-V of Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown aprinting press designated generally by reference numeral 2 and which isof the flat bed and cylinder type, the printing cylinder being indicatedat 3. The press comprises the usual opposed side frames 4 which carrythe operating mechanism thereof. Adapted for cooperation with the press2 is a delivery designated generally by reference numeral 5, thedelivery being of the so-caLlled rollaway type which is bodily movabletoward and from the press. The delivery is shown in operative positionrelatively to the press in Figure 1 and inoperative position relativelyto the press in Figure 2.

The delivery comprises a pile support 6 carried in the usual way bycables 1. The pile support 6 is provided with legs 8 so that when thepile support is filled and is lowered to the bottom of its path ofvertical travel in the delivery the bottoms of the legs 8 will rest uponand support the pile support and its load from the floor 9 as indicatedin chain lines in Figures 1 and 2. The delivery is open at its end asshown in Figure 3 to enable removal of the pile support and it is alsoopen opposite the pile support at the side of the delivery nearest theeye viewing Figures 1 and 2. Thus the pile support may be removed andreplaced either from the end or from the side.

In order to provide for removal of the pile support from the side of thedelivery while at the same time insuring proper supporting and guidingof the delivery and proper registry thereof relatively to the press whenthe delivery is moved into cooperative position relatively to the pressI provide supporting and guiding means for the delivery now to bedescribed. Mounted upon the floor 9 and extending outwardly from thepress below one side of the delivery is a track or rail It. The deliveryhas opposed side frames H and I2, the former of which has a downwardprojection I3 interlocking with the rail H] as shown in Figure 3 toinsure proper positioning and guiding of the delivery relatively to therail and to prevent tilting of the delivery. Rollers I4 are interposedbetween the rail I0 and a downwardly facing horizontal surface |5 of theside frame I The side of the delivery above the rail I0 is supported andguided upon such rail and is moved in and out relatively to the pressupon the rollers M.

The side of the delivery at which the side frame I2 is positioned issupported primarily directly from the press room floor, there being norail or other guiding means extending upwardly from the press room floorat that side of the delivery. The deliveryframe has a downward extensionIE to which is connected by screws H a beam I 8. The beam I8 is rigidlyfastened to the delivery so as to form in effect an integral partthereof and extends directly toward the press in a direction parallel tothe length of the rail Ill. The beam l8 has at its end at which it isconnected with the delivery frame portion IS a horizontal cylindricalbore l9. Entering such bore and fitting snugly therein is thecylindrical end 20 of an axle 2|. The axle 2| has an enlargedcylindrical end portion 22' at its end opposite the end 20' and coaxialtherewith," The delivery side frame l2 has a downward extension 26 inwhich the enlarged cylindrical end portion 22 of the axle 2| is snuglyreceived. Intermedi-' ate the coaxial cylindrical end portions 20 and22' the axle 2| has an eccentric supporting portion 23. Mounted upon thesupporting portion 23 and keyed thereto by a key 23a is a hub-likebushing 24 upon which is journaled for rotation a rubber faced band-likewheel or roller 25. The rubber faced wheel 25 bears directly upon thefloor 9. The elevation of the wheel relatively to the feeder may beadjusted simply by turning the axle 2| within its mountings in the framepor tions I6 and 26. To facilitate such turning the outer end portion 22of the axle is provided with a groove 21. The frame portion 26 has agen-" erally longitudinally extending substantially horizontal bore 28into which extends a pin 29 hav-'' ing a curved cut-out portion at 30partially em bracing the cylindrical end portion 22 of the axle 2|, asshown in Figure 4; The outer end of the pin 29 is threaded as shown at3| and provided with a nut 32 adapted to'bear against the end surface ofthe frame portion 26. When the nut 32 is turned out so that the pin isloose in the bore 28 the axle 2| is free to be turned. After the axlehas been turned to the desired angular position to bring the wheel 25 tothe desired elevation relatively to the feeder the nut 32 is tightenedup against the end surface of the'frame portion 26 which draws the pin29 toward the left, viewing Figure 4, to frictionally engage the portion22 of the axle 2| and thereby hold the axle against turning. In Figure 4the axle 2| is shown in the position in which the wheel 25 is at itshighest possible point relatively to the feeder; in other words, theWheel supporting portion 23 of the axle 2| is in its upward dead cen terposition. Turning of the axle in either direction from this positionlowers the wheel 25.

wheel. 3 is longitudinally offset from" the pile support i. shown. inFigures 1 and so as to allow free access to the pile support from theside of the delivery at which the wheel 25 is disit such side of thedelivery the delivery frame is so f med to provide an opening intransverse alignment with. the pile support and extending from thebottom of the frame to a point high enough so that the loaded pilesupport after boing low-:red to the floor as shown in chain lines inFigures 1 and 2 can b picked up and removed laterally from thedeliveryby a lift truck or similar device. There is nothing to interfere withwheeling the lift truck in under the pile support when in the chain lineposition of Figures 1 and 2.

The beam 18 has at its top a horizontal flange 33 extending generallyoutwardly as shown in Figure 5. Thus the beam It! has a vertical webportion and a horizontal outwardly extending flange at its'top. Mountedin the side frame 4 of the press 2 at the same side of the apparatus asthe wheel 25 are two rollers 3d and 35 positioned to receive the flange33 of the beam 18 between them so that when the delivery is moved intocooperative position relatively to the press the side of the delivery atwhich the wheel 25 is positioned will be brought to the proper elevationto insure proper registry of the delivery to the press. The oppositeside of the delivery precisely positioned in the vertical direction bythe rail It, but the rubber faced wheel 25 only approximately positionsin the vertical direction the side of the delivery at which the wheel ispositioned. precise positioning being practically impossible due toirregularities in the floor and wear of and irregularity and variationsof loading upon the rubber face of the wheel 25. However, when thedelivery moves in to operative position relatively to the press asubstantial portion of the weight of the delivery is carried by thepress frame through the rollers 34 and '55, thus transferring much ofthe load of the delivery from the wheel 25.

The positioning of the rollers 3: and 35 is such that the side of thedelivery at which the i8 is connected thereto is blOLEllt precisely tothe desired elevation to insure proper registry of the delivery with thepress. The lower roller 35 onderlies the flange 33 of the beam 58 andthe upper roller 34 overlies the beam. as shown in Figure Thus despitethe elimination of any supporting and guiding rail at one side of thedelivery to provide for removal and replacement of the pile support fromthat side the delivery may be properly and accurately registered to thepress when it is moved into cooperative relationship with respectthereto.

While I have shown and described a present preferred embodiment of theinvention it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is notlimited thereto but may be otherwise variously embodied within the scopeof the following claims.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit a handling unit cooperab-le with the operating unit, thehandling unit being movable bodily upon a floor relatively to theoperating unit toward and from operative position with respect thereto,a guide rail on the floor at one side only of the handling unit forguiding the handling unit in its move- Inenrs relatively to theoperating unit. the handling unit carrying a wheel at its opposite sidedirectly engaging the floor, a guide beam projecting from the handlingunit adjacent the second mentioned side thereof and means on theoperating unit cooperating with said guide beam for additionally guidingthe handling unit.

2. Apparatus for handling'and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto, guide means stationaryrelatively to the operating unit disposed adjacent one side of thehandling unit for guiding the handling unit in its movements relativelyto the operating unit and additional guide means for the handling unitconnected therewith adjacent the opposite side thereof and movabletherewith to further guide the handling unit relatively to the operatingunit.

3. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperabl with the operating unit andmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto, a guide rail upon which thhandling unit rides in its movements relatively to the operating unit,said guide rail being disposed adjacent one side of the handling unit, aguide beam projectin from the handling unit adjacent its oppositesideand means on the operating unit cooperating with said guide beam foradditionally guiding the handling unit.

4. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit, asupport; the handling unit being movable bodily relatively to theoperating unit toward and from operative position with respect theretowhile supported by the support, guide means carried by the support atone side of the handling unit to guide the handling unit in itsmovements relatively to the operating unit, the handling unit havingantifiiction means at its opposite side directly engaging the support,and additional guide means for the handling unit connected therewithadjacent the second mentioned side thereof and movable therewith tofurther guide the handling unit relatively to the operating unit.

5. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handlingnnit cooperable with the operating unit andmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto, guide means for guiding thehandling unit in its movements relatively to the operating unit disposedadjacent one side of the handling unit and effective to predeterminedlyposition that side of the handling unit as to height and means connectedwith the handling unit at the opposite side thereof and extendingbetween the handling unit and the operating unit for insuringcorresponding positioning of such second mentioned side of the handlingunit as to height upon movement of the handling unit toward theoperating unit.

6. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comp-rising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto, means for supporting one sideof the handling unit at precisely predetermined height during itsmovements relatively to the operating unit, means for supporting theopposite side of the handling unit at approximately predetermined heightduring such movements and means for insuring positioning of the secondmentioned side of the handling unit at precisely predetermined heightupon movement of the handling unit into operative position with respectto the operating unit.

7. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto, means for supporting one sideof the handling unit at precisely predetermined height during itsmovements relative-1y to the operating unit, means for supporting theopposite side of the handling unit at approximately predetermined heightduring such movements, a beam rigidly connected with the handling unitat the second mentioned side thereof and extending parallel to thedirection of movement of the handling unit relatively to the operatingunit and means on the operating unit cooperating with said beam toinsure positioning of the second mentioned side of the handling unit atprecisely predetermined height upon movement of the handling unit intooperative position with respect to the operating unit.

8. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, said sheet handling means including a pile support which isremovable from the sheet handling means in a direction transversely ofthe general direction of movement of the sheet handling means toward andaway from the press.

9. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, the sheet handling means including a pile support and having apile support removing and replacing opening extending to the floor atone side of the sheet handling means.

10. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, the sheet handling means including a pile support and having pilesupport removing and replacing openings extending to the floor at oneside and one end of the sheet handling means.

11. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, the sheet handling means including a pile support and having apile support removing and replacing opening extending upwardly from itsbottom at one side of the sheet handling means, the sheet handling meansbeing supported at said side by means longitudinally offset from saidopening.

Sheet han ling apparatus comprising a sheet handling unit adapted tomove bodily toward away from a press or the like, means including anelongated supporting and guiding member underlying the unit at one sidethereof, vheel means lying directly on the floor for supporting the unitat the opposite side thereof means for altering at will the relativevertical positions of the unit and wheel means.

13. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingbodily separatable from and movable toward and away from the press,means including an elongated supporting a."-

guiding member underlying the sheet handiing means at one side thereofand means including a member fastened to the sheet handling means andextending to the press for supporting the sheet handling means at theopposite side thereof.

14. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodil; separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, means including an elongated supporti g and guiding memberunderlying the sheet handlng means at one side thereof and meansincluding wheel means lying directly on the floor and a member fastenedto the sheet handling means and extending to the press for supportingthe sheet handling means at the opposite side thereof.

15. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, means for supporting one side of the sheet handling means atprecisely predetermined height during its movements relatively to thepress, means for supporting the opposite side of the sheet handlingmeans at approximately predetermined height during such movements andmeans for insuring positioning of the second mentioned side of the sheethandlng means at precisely predetermined height upon movement of thesheet handling means into operative position with respect to the press.

16. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separat able from and movable toward and away from thepress, the sheet handling means including a pile support and having apile support removing and replacing opening at one side thereof, meansfor supporting the opposite side of the sheet handling means atprecisely predetermined height during its movements relatively to thepress and means for supporting the first mentioned side of sheethandling means at approximately predetermined height during suchmovements and at precisely predetermined height when the sheet handlingmeans is in 0perative position with respect to the press.

1' Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, the sheet handling means including a pile support and having apile support removing and replacing opening at one side thereof, meansincluding a track underlying the sheet handling means for supporting theopposite side thereof at precisely predetermined he ght during itsmovements relatively to the press and means including wheel meanslongitudinally offset from said opening and lying directly upon thefloor for supporting the first mentioned side of the sheet handlingmeans at approximately predetermined he ght during such movements.

18. Sheet handling apparatus comprising a sheet handling unit adapted tomove bodily toward and away from a press or the like, said unitincluding a generally vertically movable pile support, and means adaptedto be interposed between the floor and said pile support when the pilsupport is in its lowermost position to position the pile support abovethe floor, the sheet handling unit having a lateral opening extendingupwardly from its bottom in transverse alignment with the pile supportso that the pile support may easily be removed and replaced by a lifttruck or the like from its aforementioned position in the sheet handlingunit.

19. Sheet handling apparatus comprising a sheet handling unit adapted tomove bodily toward and away from a press or the like, said unitincluding a pile support and a lateral opening in transverse alignmentwith said pile support through which the pile support may be insertedand removed, means including a supporting and guiding rail underlyingsaid unit adjacent the side opposite the side containing said openingand vertically adjustable means cooperating directly with the floor andoffset longitudinally from said opening for supporting the side of saidunit containing said opening.

20. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily separatable from and movable toward and away from thepress, the sheet handling means having a beam connected rigidlytherewith and extending toward the press in a direction substantiallyparallel to the direction of movement of the sheet handlin meansrelatively to the press, and rollers on the press receiving said beamwhereby the portion of the sheet handling means adjacent said beam isbrought to properly adjusted height when the sheet handling means movesto its operative position adjacent the press.

21. Printing or like apparatus comprising a press and sheet handlingmeans bodily sepa ratable from and movable toward and away from thepress, means for supporting one side of the sheet handling means atprecisely predetermined height during its movements relatively to thepress, means including a wheel on the sheet handling means engaging thefloor for supporting the opposite side of the sheet handling means atapproximately predetermined height during such movements, a beamconnected rigidly with the sheet handling means adjacent the secondmentioned side thereof and'extending toward the press in a directionsubstantially parallel to the direction of movement of the sheethandling means relatively to the press and means on the press receivingsaid beam whereby the second mentioned side of the sheet handling meansis brought to precisely predetermined height when the sheet handlingmeans moves to its operative position adjacent the press.

22. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a, handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andmovable bodily relatively thereto toward and from operative positionwith respect thereto and having a permanently open side, and guidingmeans for guiding the handling unit in such movements, said guidingmeans being arranged so as to partially obstruct free access to thehandling unit from the side opposite said first mentioned side in adirection transversely of said guiding means but to provide free accessto the handling unit from said first mentioned side so that material maybe freely transferred to or from the handling unit at said firstmentioned side.

23. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andhaving a permanently open side, a support, the handling unit beingmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto while supported by th support,and guide means for the handling unit on the support, said guide meansprojecting from the support at the side opposite said first mentionedside only of the handling unit so as to provide for free access to thehandling unit adjacent the support at said first mentioned side of thehandling unit.

24. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andhaving a removable material carrier, the handling unit being movablebodily relatively to the operating unit toward and from operativeposition with respect thereto and having a permanently open side, andguide means for the handling unit arranged so as to obstruct freeremoval of the material carrier from the handling unit at the sideopposite said first mentioned sid thereof while leaving said firstmentioned side of the handling unit unobstructed whereby the materialcarrier may be freely removed from and replaced in the handling unit atsaid first mentioned side thereof.

25. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a han-- dling unit cooperable with the operating unitand movable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto and having a permanently openside, and guide rail means disposed adjacent the side opposite saidfirst mentioned side only of the handling unit for guiding the handlingunit in its movements relatively to the operating unit, said firstmentioned side of the handling unit being unobstructed so that materialmay be freely transferred to or from the handling unit at said firstmentioned side thereof.

26. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andhaving a permanently open side, a support, the handlin unit beingmovable bodily relatively to the operating unit toward and fromoperative position with respect thereto while supported by the support,and a guide rail interposed between the handling unit and the support atthe side opposite said first mentioned side only of the handling unit,the handling unit having antifriction means at said first mentioned sidedirectly engaging the support.

2'7. Apparatus for handling and operating on material comprising anoperating unit, a handling unit cooperable with the operating unit andhaving a permanently open side, the handling unit being movable bodilyupon a floor relatively to the operating unit toward and from operativeposition with respect thereto, and a guide rail on the floor at the sideopposite said first mentioned side only of the handling unit for guidingthe handling unit in its movements relatively to the operating unit, thehandling unit carrying a wheel engaging the fioor at said firstmentioned side of the handling unit.

JOSEPH SINKOVITZ.

